Ignace Pierre VIII Abdel-Ahad

His Beatitude Ignace Pierre VIII Abdel-Ahad (born Grégoire Pierre Abdel-Ahad at Aleppo the June 28, 1930) is Patriarch Emeritus of Antioch and all the East of the Syrians of the Syriac Catholic Church (or Syrian Catholic Church). They are one of the Eastern Rite Catholic Churches following the Antiochene rite, the Syriac tradition of Antioch, along with the Maronites and Syro-Malankara Christians. He was made Primate and Patriarch 16 February 2001, and his resignation has been accepted on the 02 February 2008. He lives in Beirut.